CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 March 1916, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

♦ [KiEOIRIO TaLXeRAFH —COPY*I«M*.] |>*r I'uicaa assocj uion. j 818 ERNEST SEAOKLETQN'S EXFJSiDITION. Buenos Ayres, March 23. Tiie Endurance is expected daily, 'like vViliiaJe brought Jriir Hi. fcrhackileton s uiary of his voyage to South Georgia. The whalers there said it was a bad ice season and Sir E. fc>ha©kleton ab&n--Uoned the "idea ot crossing the continent that year and decided to winter on the shore of Weddel Sea. He noped' to reach /7deg. 30min south before beinig frozen in. The diary says that a stowaway was discovered in the tank iocker. He said it was Ms only chance on joining the expedition. He was made cook's help. Sir E. tiliackleton's party to croBS the Antarctic probably wotjld" consist ot himself, Wild, Alar st on And Miackiuii. 'l'ho men were in l splendid health and expected to take cinema pictures ot tiie polar journey." it is difficult to realise that Woutih liewgie lias a population oi 2UUO in summer time, i lie station manager and his wife hati a tine home replete with every comfort and the eletonc light was everywhere. jl lie stay on the isitand proved most. > valuable to the expedUtaon ibecausei i the clogs could be exercised and ted ' with tresh meat. • l'ranik Hurley has a good camera and , many ieet of hlni and is able to -Cake moving pictures. This -wiX be the 1 the first time this has been done on a poiar journey. im METHODS OF CHINIA. Petrogrud, March 23. The Governor-General discovered that ten officers had plotted against his life tor the purpose of proclaiming' tlio independence of the province at fciinkiang. He invited them to an official dinner and then beheaded then. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. Copenhagen, March 2 . Amundsen, with the INorwegian Goveruiuent's support, will be starting troni Northern Alaska in the summer of 1917 on a voyage ot discovery.